'It's a great venue, that part of the country has some great country fans,' Dierks Bentley said of Tag's. 'There's a great energy. I really feel really appreciated there.'

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Mary Perham
| Correspondent

The Budweiser Summer soundstage at Tag's will host something of a reunion for Dierks Bentley, slated to perform at the Big Flats venue Saturday.

"The first time I was there, I was touring around in my Jeep, went past a Cadillac dealership, and there were tractors there," Bentley said, during a recent phone interview. "I mean, Cadillacs and tractors right in there with them. I was like, 'All right! I'm going to like this place.' And I do. I really do."

That first trip to Big Flats, in June 2008, led to a second, in June 2011, with the third performance slated before what Bentley considers "hardcore," ...